Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 31,057, Charles Gilbert, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
NC
Gilbert Charles
S. 31,057
Born in Md.
CONTENTS

23454 Kentucky
Charles Gilbert of Graveses in the State of Kentucky who was a private in the com ny commanded by Captain Martin of the reg t commanded by Col. Cleveland in the  North Carolina line for 1 year and 6 months
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 11 day of Jan y 1834 and the 6 Lyon H. H.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept r 130 — Semi-ant. allowance ending March 30 —
$180 —
No death date on Agency Book
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J. A. Boyd Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 7 Page 11

1. State of Kentucky } ss. Graves County } ss.
on this 12 th day of December 1883. personally appeared in open Court before William Armstrong, Crawford Anderson, Benjamin M c Gehee, and James Cock- ren and Thomas B Brown Justices of the Graves County Court now sitting, Charles Gilbert aged 77 years a resident of the said County of Graves and State aforesaid, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following de- claration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832. He states that he was born on the 21 st day of March 1756 in Bal- timore County and State of Maryland, and that his father emigrated from the said County of Baltimore and State of Maryland to the State of Virginia when this declarant was a child & there remained until he removed from that State to Surry County North Carolina, which he did in the year 1777 and there remained one year and removed to Wilks County North Carolina. This declarant here states that early in the year 1779 by Order of General Rutherford a Corps was formed in the upper or mountainous part of North Carolina called minute men the object of which was to protect the Country from the depredations which were being constantly committed by the Tories.

2 (Tories) This Corps was composed entirely of volunteers and the members thereof were to hold themselves in readiness to enter the service at any moment, & were to continue therein (if necessary) for an indefinite period of time. Said Corps was placed under the Command of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland and Major Benjamin Beam. This declarant here states that he joined the said Corps, and was first attached to a Company Commanded by Captain Salathiel Martin . This declarant states that in the month of February early in the year 1779 he entered the service of the United States under the Command of the above named officers, and marched in pursuit of the Tories who were embodied in considerable force under their Col. Bryant in this service we marched down the Country in the direction of and near to Cross Creek in the vicinity of which place the Tories presented themselves in such force that we did not attack them. Our party now re-turned slowly toward the Yadkin, remaining occasionally stationary for the purpose of reconnoitering and protecting the Country from the enemy, at times the whole Corps was embodied and again we were dispersed by Companies into the upper district of the Yadkin above Salisbury. This declarant states that he continued in this service under the Command of Captain Martin (whose Company was kept embodied until the latter part of September 1780 when a requisition was made upon the Country for the purpose of marching against the British Partisan Colonel Ferguson who

3 who had invaded the Western district of North Carolina, upon this occasion Captain Martins Company was left for the protection of Wilkes County with with the exception of a few of its members who volunteered to go upon the expedition against Ferguson amongst those who volunteered for that service was this declarant, who proceeded with Colonel Cleveland. But a few days before the battle of Kings Moun- tain this declarant received intelli- gence that his wife was dangerously ill in consequence of which he obtained leave of Colonel Cleveland to return home and did so, but in the mean- time Captain Martin who had been left as above remarked for the protec- tion of the settlements on the Yadkin was in the beginning of October 1780 surprised by the Tories under the Command of their Col. Aggeiah Right and himself (Martin) and his whole party made prisoners, upon this unfortunate event the whole Whig population of the Ai cumja- cant Country were embodied for the purpose of expelling the enemy upon this occasion this declarant joined a Company under the Command of Captain William Fowell Lewis (after he had been at home two or three days) and on whole party was under the immediate orders of Colonel Gordon and Major Floyd, under their offi- cers and with this Corps this de- clarant marched to attack the Tories who had captured Captain Martin and we did on the 5 th day of October

4. October 1780 attack them at the Shallowford on the Yadkin and succeeded in defeating them, this declarant was then discharged, overally by Captain Lewis after having been under his command Eight ten days and immediately joined his old Corps under the Command of Colonel Cleveland and Major Hearn after his (Cleveland's) return from the battle of Kings Mountain, which joining of his old Corps (this declarant's) took place about the 20th of October 1780. and he (this declarant) was attached to a Company under the Command of Captain John Pipes, he continued but a short time in the Company of Capt. Pipes before he was detailed by Order of Colonel Cleveland to go under the Command of Captain Reuben Stringer on an expedition over the mountains upon the heads of the western waters, in this service he visited New River and Holston and cleared the Country of some Tories when he returned to his old Station on the Yadkin. He was now transferred by Col. Cleveland to a Company under the Command of Captain Gibson Woodbridge and with this Officer he was detached upon a Scouting an expedition towards the northern frontier of South Carolina this expedition took place in January 1781 we produced down the Catawba river in our progress & returned about the last of January 1781 He was afterwards (about) in the month of February 1781 attached to a small

5 Small party of infantry (militia) under the Command of Captain William Jackson who with a Company of horse men under the Command of Captain Charles Gandy was or- dered by Colonel Cleveland on a reconnoitering expedition down the Yadkin. He proceeded with this party down the Yadkin to Allen Iron works where they returned to their old station in Wilks County. He was now ordered by Colonel Cleve- land to join a Company commanded by Captain John Cleveland with this Company he marched in March 1781 down the Yadkin to the Trading Ford where he joined a Company Corps of North Carolina militia under the Command of General Polk at which place he remained under the orders of Genl. Polk building breast works for the purpose of protecting the Country against the anticipated return of Lord Cornwallis from the north until the last of August 1781 at which time he returned to his old station in Wilks County North Car- olina when in December 1781 he was discharged received a written discharge from Captain John Cleve- land which discharge was not countersigned. Thus he continued in the service of the United States from the month of February 1779 at which time he entered the service under Captain Martin until the month of Decem- ber 1781 making in all the period of two years and nine months.

6 during which time he received three furloughs to visit his family. One from Capt. Martin, one from Capt. Bloodridge and one from Capt. Stinger and also a verbal permit from Col. Cleveland to visit his sick wife just before the battle of Kings Mountain. But so urgent was the necessities of the country during the whole of the above period that this declarant was at no time permitted to follow any civil pursuits. He states that he lost the above named fur- loughs together with his discharge whilst he was engaged in the war with the Indians which took place in Georgia after the revolution. This declarant moved from North Carolina to Frank- lin County in Georgia and there remained seventeen years and from there he removed to Gran- ger County in Tennessee where he remained nearly five years and from there he moved to Dickson County same state, where he lived up- wards of twenty five years and then he removed to Graves County Kentucky where he has continued to reside ever since. He states that the record of his age has been lost. He further states that he has no documentary evidence of his services, nor does he know of any living witnesses or witness- es by whom he can prove his services. The declarant here states

7 that Amos & Atkinson, Jacob Adams, John Mason, William Johnson, Luke Albritton, Sam McCoon & all his neigh- bors and would bear  would bear  ample  testimony  to the  as to  the  of his character for veracity and as to his reputation of having been a soldier of the revolution. He hereby relinqu- ishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of any state or ter- ritory whatever. Charles his Gilbert
Subscribed and sworn mark to in open Court
Test Jno Bridgman clerk
We Jeremiah Adams a clergyman re- siding in Grant County Kentucky and Luke Albritton a resident of the said County and State hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Charles Gil- bert who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we be- lieve him to be 77 years old of age that he is respected and believed in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the revolution and that we concur in that opinion not having any doubt whatever of his having been such Jeremiah Adams
Luke Albritton
And the said Court do hereby certify it to be their opinion after the investiga- tion of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the war department that the above named applicant

8. applicant was a soldier of the revolution and served as he states, and it is further certified that it appears to the said Court that the said Jeremiah Adams who has signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman residing in the said County of Grays and that Luke Albritton who has signed the same certificate is also a resident of the same County and state and is a creditable person, and that their statements are entitled to credit.
W m Armstrong Bradford Anderson James Bachman Thomas B. Brown Ben. McClellan John Sempfle
State of Kentucky
Grays County Set 3 I John Anderson clerk of the County Court for the county aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing eight pages contain the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Charles Gilbert for a pension the same as they were approved in open court.
In testimony whereof I have here unto set my hand and caused the seal of the said Court to be hereunto affixed the 12 th day of December 1833 John Anderson

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB Am
October 4, 1930
Hon. John Q. Tilson
House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Tilson:
It appears from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S. 31057, that Charles Gilbert was born March 21, 1756, in Baltimore County, Maryland. When a child, he moved with his father (name not given) to Virginia, and from there to Surry County, North Carolina, in 1777, and to Wilks  Wilkes County, North Carolina in 1778.
Wilkes While a resident of Wilks County, North Carolina, he enlisted and served with the North Carolina troops, as follows:
From some time in February, 1779, until late in September, 1780, in Captain Salathiel Martin's company, Colonel Benjamin Cleveland's regiment. Two or three days after the expiration of this service, he enlisted and served eight days in Captain William Terrell Lewis' company in Colonel Gordon's regiment and was in an engagement at Shallow Ford. He enlisted October 20, 1780 and served thirteen days in Captain John Pipes' company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment. He then enlisted and served two months in Captain Rouben Stringer's company in Colonel Cleveland's regiment. He next enlisted in Captain Wooldridge's company in Colonel Cleveland's regiment and served until late in January, 1781, length of this service, one month. He enlisted in February, 1781 and served fifteen days in Captain William Jackson's company, Colonel Cleveland's regiment. He next enlisted and served in Captain John Cleveland's company and was discharged in December, 1781, having served five months.
After the Revolution, he moved from North Carolina to Franklin County, Georgia, from there to Grainger County, Tennessee, from there to Dickson County, Tennessee and from there to Graves County, Kentucky.

He was allowed pension on his application executed December 12, 1833, at which time he was living in Graves County, Kentucky.
The soldier stated that he obtained leave from the army in 1780, to go home to his wife who was dangerously ill, but he did not give her name. There are no further data relative to the soldier's family.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

31057 Rev INVALID.
File No. 31,057
Charles Gilbert
Rev War
Act: June 7 th 1777
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 154
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1922 Apr 12. Data to Hon A. W. Barkley, see letter in John Brumage 838068 1930 Oct. 4. visit to Hon. John C. Tilson for Miss Pitt Silbert Clancey Also Historian Wm. Silbert 831693 + Jdo. Silbert 83169 furnished Wed

House of Reps
Washington Jan 8 th 1834
Col J. L. Edwards
Dr Sir
I have the pleasure to return the papers of Charles Gilbert and request that a certificate be made by him for the amount of services which it is admitted he performed
Very Respectfully
Your obedt Servt
Chas Lyons

28.964 Charles Gilbert
Mr. C. L. Lyon H.R. Cayuga City H.R.
Chas. G. Smith
Deerfield

9 Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the peace in and for the County of Grady and State of Kentucky Charles Gilbert who being duly sworn deposeth and saith that by reason of old age and conse- quent loss of memory, he cannot sure or positively as to the pre- cise length of his service but according to the best of his re- collection he served not less than the periods mentioned below & in the following grades (comit) For One year and six months I served as a private (volun- (teer) under Captain Salachiel and Col. Cleveland For eight days I served as a pri- vate volunteer under Capt. Don Terrell Lewis. Col. Gordon. For thirteen days I served as a pri- vate (volunteer) under Captain John Piper Col. Cleveland. For two months I served as a private (volunteer) under Capt. Reuben Gringer Col. Cleveland. For one month I served as a private (volunteer) under Captain

10 Gibson blacksmith H. Cleveland For fifteen days I served as a private (volunteer) under Capt William Jackson H. Cleveland For five months I served as a private volunteer under Capt John Cleveland & Genl. Polk making in all the period of two years, three months and six days, and for such ser- vice I claim a pension. I was in actual service during the whole of the above peri- od of time aside from the time which I occasionally spent at home visiting my family upon furlough.
Sworn to and sub- scribed scribed before me this 12th day of December 1883. Charles H. Gilbert mark Wm. Armstrong
State of Kentucky Graves County B.S. John Anderson clerk of the county court of said county do hereby certify that William Armstrong whose signature appears to the foregoing certificate is now and was at the time of signing the same a justice of the peace of said county

11 duly commissioned and qualified as such
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the said county courts to be hereunto affixed the 12 th day of December 1833
Geo. Anderson
I have carefully examined the foregoing declaration and think the applicant fully entitled to a full pension, but as no additional proof of service can be obtained I return the papers to the commission of pensions, and request that a certificate may be issued for 18 months service
Chittenden House of Reps. Jan 8 1834

28.964
Charles Gilbert Kent.
from — permt 18 mths. $60.
Hon. C. Lynde N.R.

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
Jany 7, 1834
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: } ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Charles Gilbert
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.  
The applicant states that he performed a continuous service of eighteen months as a minute man. It is well known that the militia did not remain in actual service for that length of time. His claim for the whole of this period cannot be allowed. The other terms will be allowed. A pension cannot be allowed for more than eighteen months in all.
I am, respectfully, Your obedient servant,
JAMES L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }  On this _____ day of _____ personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of _____ in the county of _____ and State, Territory or District of _____ aged (c) _____ years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d) _____, with _____ and served in the _____ (e) regiment of the _____ line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. □ This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of _____
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I _____ of the Court of _____ do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this _____ day of _____ &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the _____ and C. D. residing in (the same) _____ hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with _____, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the _____ and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the _____ and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, _____ Clerk of the Court of _____ do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of _____ for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this _____ day of _____ &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his

alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person will be indispensable to a favorable action upon his case. The facts stated will afford one of the principal means of corroborating the declaration of the applicant, if true, or of detecting the imposition, if one be attempted; and unless, therefore, these are amply and clearly set forth, no favorable decision can be expected. All applicants will appear before some Court of Record in the County in which they reside, and there subscribe and be sworn to, one of the declarations above provided, according to the nature of his case.
The Court will propound the following (m) interrogatories to all applicants for a pension, on account of service in the Militia, State troops, or Volunteers, except the Militia of New Hampshire and the State troops of Virginia.
 1. Where and in what year were you born?  2. Have you any record of your age, and if so, where is it?  3. Where were you living when called into service; where have you lived since the Revolutionary war, and where do you now live?  4. How were you called into service; were you drafted, did you volunteer, or were you a substitute? And if a substitute, for whom?  5. State the names of some of the Regular Officers, who were with the troops, where you served; such Continental and Militia Regiments as you can recollect, and the general circumstances of your services.  6. { To a Soldier. { Did you ever receive a discharge from the service, and if so, by whom was it given, and what has become of it? { To an Officer. { Did you ever receive a commission, and if so, by whom was it signed, and what has become of it? 
 7. State the names of persons to whom you are known in your present neighborhood, and who can testify as to your character for veracity, and their belief of your services as a soldier of the Revolution. 
The Court will see that the answers to these questions are embodied in the declaration, and they are requested to annex their opinions of the truth of the statement of the applicant.
The applicant will further produce in Court, if the same can be done, in the opinion of the Court, without too much expense and inconvenience to him, two respectable persons—one of whom should be the nearest clergyman, if one lives in the immediate vicinity of such applicant, who can testify, from their acquaintance with him, that they believe he is of the age he represents, and that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood to have been a Revolutionary soldier, and that they concur in that opinion. If one of these persons is a Clergyman, the Court will so certify, and they will also certify to the character and standing of other persons giving such certificates.
The traditional evidence of service is deemed very important, in the absence of any direct proof, except the declaration of the party. And the Courts are requested to be very particular in the inquiry whether the belief is general, and whether any doubts have ever existed upon the subject.
Applicants unable to appear in Court, by reason of bodily infirmity, may make the declaration before required, and submit to the examination, before a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record of the proper county, and the Judge or Justice will execute the duties, which the Court is herein requested to perform, and will also certify that the applicant cannot, from bodily infirmity, attend the Court.
Whenever any official act is required to be done by a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or by a Justice of the Peace, the certificate of the Secretary of State or Territory, or of the proper Clerk of the Court or County, under his seal of office, will be annexed, stating that such person is a Judge or Justice of a Court of Record, or a Justice of the Peace, and that the signature annexed is his genuine signature.
No payments can be made on account of the services of any person, who may have died before the taking effect of the act of June 7, 1832; and in case of death subsequent thereto, and before the declaration herein required is made, the parties interested will transmit such evidence as they can procure, taken and authenticated before a Court of Record, showing the services of the deceased, the period of his death, the opinion of the neighborhood respecting such services, the title of the claimant, and the opinion of the Court upon the whole matter.
[a] The declarant must appear in open Court, unless prevented from doing so by reason of bodily infirmity; in which case the declarant will follow the rule laid down for his guidance.
[b] The declarant must make his declaration in the county where he resides. If he should fail to do so, he must assign a sufficient reason for not conforming to the rule.
[c] The age of the claimant must invariably be mentioned.
[d] The declarant must mention the period or periods of the war when he served.
[e] Every continental officer or soldier must give the name of the Colonel under whom he served; otherwise a satisfactory examination of the claim cannot be had. Every claimant must state, with precision, the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the Department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service; but, according to the best of his recollection, he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades:—For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____; For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."
It is important, in all cases, to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months , is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state that they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours, the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must, in every case, be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
[f] The law makes the relinquishment indispensable.
[g] The opinion of the Court is always required.
[h] The Clerk must give his certificate in every case.
[i] The Clerk must affix his seal, and if it has no device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal, or if he has no public seal of office, the certificate of a Member of Congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other papers authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
Proof of Service.
[j] In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimant's entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
[k] The notes from [a] to [i] are all equally applicable to the cases of Militia men, Volunteers and State Troops. The proof required by rule in note [j] applies to continental troops only.
[l] This traditional evidence is indispensable in militia cases.
[m] If a witness cannot be found, the declarant must state the fact.
[n] The answers to the interrogatories must all be written, and sent to the War Department, with the declaration.

Rev. and 1812 Wars Section
MCS:MLB
October 6, 1930
Hon. John Q. Tilson House of Representatives
My dear Mr. Tilson:
Reference is made to your letter of September 24, relative to information desired by Miss Ruth Gilbert Clouse, 54 Woodlawn Street, Spring Glen, New Haven, Connecticut.
You are furnished herewith the histories of the only soldiers surnamed Gilbert, who served with the North Carolina troops, that are found on the Revolutionary War records of this bureau.
Very truly yours
E. W. MORGAN Acting Commissioner

JOHN Q. TILSON 3D DIST. CONNECTICUT
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES U. S. OFFICE OF THE MAJORITY LEADER WASHINGTON, D. C.
September 24, 1930
Mr. E. W. Morgan, Acting Commissioner of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Washington, D. C.
My dear Mr. Morgan:
The enclosed letter from Miss Ruth Gilbert Clouse, explains itself. The records of the office of the Adjutant General do not contain the information Miss Clouse desires, and it has been suggested that your records may contain it. Any information you may be able to supply Miss Clouse will be appreciated by me, as well as her.
With good wishes, I remain
Very sincerely yours,
JOHN Q. TILSON
JQT:D
Miss Clouse's letter returned to Hon. John Q. Tilson Oct. 4, 1930 She wanted all Gilberts with North Carolina service.